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The DOE is evidently planning on gradually phasing out the two dozen or so zoned high schools left in the city -- the high schools where a kid is automatically entitled to enroll if on their application list they place that school first. Kids would only get a preference for their local zoned high school, not a guarantee.
There are no zoned high schools in Brooklyn or Manhattan, I believe, only the Bronx, Staten Island, and Queens. But won't this be a major mistake, making it tougher for middle-class people seeking out good school districts to find them? The DOE is only starting with a few schools, and not necessarily the strongest zoned high schools around. But as this policy spreads couldn't it have a deleterious effect on who chooses to move some of the better neighborhoods in the city? I think it might. And it also just makes getting an education in NYC, already a tough proposition, even harder. I hope the new mayor puts the kibbosh on this one.
Even kids that grew up south of Queens blvd in Forest Hills (Gardens included) were zoned for Hillcrest HS in Jamaica rather than Forest Hills HS in their own neighborhood.
Even kids that grew up south of Queens blvd in Forest Hills (Gardens included) were zoned for Hillcrest HS in Jamaica rather than Forest Hills HS in their own neighborhood.
I have to admit, that is pretty strange. Most people I knew in the Gardens went to private school or got into a specialized program in a public school.
I grew up in a middle-class section of Queens, yet was zoned for Franklin K. Lane (a ***** school).
In the immortal words of Sherlock Holmes, "Watson, that is bowllocks".
Interesting how guaranteed school choice may be phased out in wake of surging Asian/Hispanic population and changing mayoral administration. This should motivate affected families in Queens and the Bronx to save and invest in prep courses (ex. Kaplan), so their kids can go to specialized high schools (ex. Bronx Science, Hunter) or charter schools. I guess Catholic schools aren't worth it.
The Catholic high schools are doing fine. My daughter was zoned for Lane. None of her classmates went there. Most went to Catholic HS. The rest to selective public HS. The prospect having your child in Franklin K. Lane really boosted the enrollment at Christ the King, Molloy, Mary Lewis, etc.
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